AIBU to think ring bells are not unneighbourly?

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Aibu to think ring door bells on a mid terrace are ok?

How do you protect a neighbour's privacy?

I hate them. I would be horrified if I was mid terrace and my neighbours had them.

I avoid taking parcels round to my neighbours now because they both have them (semis so far away though)

Why would you be put off? The neighbour's are hardly going to keep the footage and if you are doing nothing wrong why panic about being on camera for 30 seconds?

I have anxiety, I use it to see who at the door so I can decide whether to answer it, take the dogs with me to answer it or ignore it.

Admittedly we are rural and on our own except for a cattle shed but the neighbour's, the postie, the oil delivery guys are all happy enough with it.

If anything it's a good thing to have them, there is now evidence you did take the parcel round of the neighbour tries to claim you didn't

Our neighbour's are happy because it means we have footage of any suspicious goings on which is important when you have expensive farm machinery and animals around the place

Why, what have your neighbours said?

Neighbours on the left aren't happy.

I've blocked off their property on the zone thing but we've had a lot of issues with car break ins and burglaries over the past few months. Plus the family who have complained have had multiple police cars due to fights that have spilled out onto the road from theirs.

You would not believe the number of offences, from minor to serious, that are prosecuted with evidence from neighbours' Ring doorbells. I think they're excellent, definitely have a deterrent effect on burglars, and are generally a Good Thing. Have your neighbours complained, OP, or are you the one who is not happy with your neighbours' doorbells/ cameras?

Ah OK, fuck 'em then

I couldn't even tell you what kind of doorbell my neighbours have - I really don't care or pay that much attention to their fixtures and fittings.

I can't see why having one would be a problem.

We have one, we are in a semi and our neighbours who are attached clearly hate it. But they are also the ones who we’ve had to ring 999 on and the ones who are dodgy, if they weren’t doing anything dodgy they wouldn’t care.

“I can't see why having one would be a problem.”

Erm… because your neighbour is videoing you every time you come or go from your house?

I don’t like them personally, our neighbour has one and she uses it to pop out for a chat every time I’m struggling up the steps with the pram.

If you're camera captures images outside of your own property then you need to comply with data protection laws.

ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/domestic-cctv-systems-guidance-for-people-using-cctv/

@GemmaRuby

“I can't see why having one would be a problem.”

Erm… because your neighbour is videoing you every time you come or go from your house?

I don’t like them personally, our neighbour has one and she uses it to pop out for a chat every time I’m struggling up the steps with the pram.

And? That's not illegal.

Lots of people have CCTV cameras on their houses if they've experienced problems with crime or antisocial behaviour before. That's not illegal either.

If you were deliberately using a camera to spy INTO a neighbours house, that's one thing? But a camera covering your front door / driveway / front garden is a non-issue.

@GemmaRuby

“I can't see why having one would be a problem.”

Erm… because your neighbour is videoing you every time you come or go from your house?

I don’t like them personally, our neighbour has one and she uses it to pop out for a chat every time I’m struggling up the steps with the pram.

OMG she comes out for a chat? Thats completely unacceptable , how dare she. I'd have to move 🙄

My neighbour is a bit creepy. His door faces on to the garages and now he had a ring door bell he appears even more often to put out rubbish just as I go to get DC's bike etc.

I'm getting one for security and personal protection. I give very little thought to what my neighbours think about it. Not that I imagine they'll mind. Lots of people have cameras up.

Sounds like you need one with neighbours like that

I have one, I've blocked off the zone in front of my neighbours door so I can't see them coming in or out, but if they cross over my path to leave/come in instead of going down theirs, it will trigger the camera.
They don't mind, they know if anything happens it'll be picked up

@TheSloaneRanger
Well my neighbour’s chats generally consist of commenting on my baby’s skin colour, and telling me she just can’t understand why people hurt babies but it does happen so often.
So… I don’t really enjoy her watching for me to come out and then pouncing when I can’t make a polite but speedy exit.

They are a good invention and we should all have them

I belong to missing people forums and they have helped so many cases.

They also played a part with catching Sarah Everards murderer. Extreme, but he could still be out there without the footage from them

I don’t like them personally, our neighbour has one and she uses it to pop out for a chat every time I’m struggling up the steps with the pram

That's friendly. No worse than spotting a friend through the window and popping out to say hi.

Unless you feel the need to move around in ninja mode or under the cover of darkness?

@GemmaRuby just seen your update. oh that's different.

Why would you be put off? The neighbour's are hardly going to keep the footage and if you are doing nothing wrong why panic about being on camera for 30 seconds?

I have anxiety, I use it to see who at the door so I can decide whether to answer it, take the dogs with me to answer it or ignore it.

And being filmed like this by people I know makes me anxious. Your first paragraph is very dismissive of other people's personal concerns, especially if you have issues in certain circumstances yourself.

@OoglyMoogly

I don’t like them personally, our neighbour has one and she uses it to pop out for a chat every time I’m struggling up the steps with the pram

That's friendly. No worse than spotting a friend through the window and popping out to say hi.

Unless you feel the need to move around in ninja mode or under the cover of darkness?

Basically spying on someone so you can pop out for a chat isn't friendly!

My neighbours are nosy enough as it is. I absolutely do not want them passing comments about my every movement (as opposed to the just ones they see when they're looking out of the window)

Some of us live perfectly law-abiding lives, but like our privacy.

We've just had one fitted. Sorry if people don't like them but we have a neighbour that can be quite abusive to other neighbours, so if I can have video proof of their aggressive behaviour then I will. Crime is also on the rise with virtually no police available to deal with it. I will not get rid of it when it will keep our road safer and hopefully keep our house insurance prices lower. Between a few of us neighbours, we have the road covered now.

Basically spying on someone so you can pop out for a chat isn't friendly!

But it wouldn’t be any different if she was sat at the front window or listening for the click of the door.

The problem there is the user, not the device itself.